When a patient is harmed during a medical procedure, a patient may elect to file a medical negligence claim against his physician and the health care facility in which the procedure occurred. However, when a patient is harmed during a hospitalization, should the claim still be pursued as one of medical negligence or is it more appropriately a premises liability claim?
Libby Valos Moss lists what she has learned over the years in striving to be a good mentor.
There has been great debate in the Indiana legal community about the recent changes to Indiana’s Model Jury Instructions that were revised to be written in plain English.
When the name Rabb Emison comes to my mind, I immediately think of the word “great.”
Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr., (past president) and Randall R. Riggs, partners in Frost Brown Todd, who were recognized in the September/October 2010 Super Lawyers® Corporate Counsel Edition.
John C. Trimble (past president), partner in Lewis Wagner, who has been appointed chair of the Public Policy Committee of DRI.
A number of recent Indiana cases have addressed the provision found in nearly all insurance policies that requires an insured to provide its insurer with prompt notice of a claim.
To prevail on a claim of negligence, a plaintiff must show that a duty exists, that the duty was breached, and that damages resulted from that breach. It goes without saying that there can be no negligence or liability where there is no duty.
Andrew Palmison discusses the possible impact the amendment to the Child WDA will have on the defense of stillbirth claims.
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DTCI is seeking ideas and authors for articles for Volume 7, No. 2 of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review.
Bryce Bennett Jr. feels compelled to reminisce and record some of the law office history and evolution that he has witnessed during his career and to note the blinding speed with which technology has overtaken our professional lives.
Have you ever considered what it would be like to stand aboard an aircraft carrier? Have you ever wanted to meet and learn
from a Navy Seal who survived on his own behind enemy lines in Afghanistan?
Congratulations to the top two teams from the DTCI-Phenix Investigations annual golf outing.
Patricia Polis McCrory was chosen the president-elect to the Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis.
The DTCI’s Awards Committee is now receiving nominations for the 2010 awards.
On May 27, 2010, the Indiana Supreme Court issued a decision that has affected the manner in which worker’s compensation liens are handled in third-party litigation.
Recently, in a moment of self-reflection, I found myself thinking about what I find gratifying about practicing law.
The next issue of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review will be on members’ desks in a few weeks.
The Seventh Circuit and the Indiana district courts have disallowed the “take home exam” theory of errata sheets, which can be particularly troublesome at the summary judgment stage.
In a series of decisions culminating in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., federal courts came to recognize that the
Medial Device Amendments preempted not only traditional products liability claims such as those based on an alleged defect
or implied warranty but also causes of action premised on theories such as consumer fraud.